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Impact Of Private Channels
IMPACT OF PRIVATE CHANNELS

ON PAKISTANI CULTURE

Introduction:

Media has occupied a major place in our daily lives by providing substance from our identities, put up meaning and organizes our survival. Individuals adapt their use of mass media to their own particular needs. Broadly speaking, we can say that people use the media in four ways: enjoyment, companionship, surveillance, and interpretation. Today media service is an anxious system of modern society. Electronic media, mainly television is the most important innovation in the communication technology. Teachers teach, government governs and religious leader preach but media totally changes the lifestyle of people and culture.

Change is a natural phenomenon in the world. The occurrence of change is very immediate in Pakistan. Pakistan is also in the deep effect of change caused by private media. Youngsters, who considered the future of any country, always accept the urgent change. In the history of Pakistan last 8-10 years have revolutionaryIs this Essay helpful? Join OPPapers to read more and access more than 460,000 just like it!

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In the regard of historical outlook, Military ruler General Pervez Musharraf on 16 January 2001 called for facilitating free flow of information and directed the Ministry of Information and Media growth to…...

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